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Keizer Mercury Spill

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Apartment garages<br />Date Taken: <br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Private removal sub-contractors using a mercury vacuum to suction elemental mercury from asphalt. Extent started at garage entry and with downgrade slope, ended near a storm drain.<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
START assessed the extent of mercury contamination and established an exclusion zone using readings from a mercury vapor analyzer.<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
START assessing garage cement floor for mercury vapor concentrations. Concrete slab joints as well as seams between concrete and particle board wall revealed higher mercury vapor concentrations.<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Private removal contractors removed sections of baseboard walls to vacuum trapped mercury beads. START identified areas of remaining high mercury vapor concentrations.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
START screening asphalt after elemental mercury removal to locate any remaining contaminated areas.<br />Date Taken: 8/14/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
One of two eight ounce jars generated from mercury vacuum use on garage parking lot. Collected contents include elemental mercury and contaminated debris.<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Mercury vapor analysis localized remaining contamination to the asphalt to concrete joint bordering the garage. Private removal contractors used a metal scrape and mercury vacuum to remove debris and the area was re-screened.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Several ounces of elemental mercury were spilled in a residential garage parking lot.<br />Date Taken: 8/13/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
Private removal contractors extracted all sediment from the storm drain nearest to the spill location.Post sediment removal screening levels were below recommended ATSDR clean-up levels.<br />Date Taken: 8/15/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: <br />Longitude: <br />Tags:
NRCES removes trash from a garbage bin, while a START contractor screens each bag with a mercury vapor analyzer.<br />Date Taken: 8/18/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 44.9875416666667<br />Longitude: -123.025094444444<br />Tags:
NRCES uses a mercury vacuum to suction dust generated from an asphalt scoring saw while a START contractor monitors emissions from the mercury vacuum and monitors ambient mercury vapor levels<br />Date Taken: 8/19/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 44.9874194444444<br />Longitude: -123.0253<br />Tags:
A section of asphalt in front of garage #611 that has been scored and partly removed.<br />Date Taken: 8/16/2016<br />Category: Site Photo<br />Latitude: 44.9874527777778<br />Longitude: -123.025305555556<br />Tags:



Apartment garages Private removal sub-contractors using a mercury vacuum to suction elemental mercury from asphalt. Extent started at garage entry and with downgrade slope, ended near a storm drain. START assessed the extent of mercury contamination and established an exclusion zone using readings from a mercury vapor analyzer. START assessing garage cement floor for mercury vapor concentrations. Concrete slab joints as well as seams between concrete and particle board wall revealed higher mercury vapor concentrations. Private removal contractors removed sections of baseboard walls to vacuum trapped mercury beads. START identified areas of remaining high mercury vapor concentrations. START screening asphalt after elemental mercury removal to locate any remaining contaminated areas. One of two eight ounce jars generated from mercury vacuum use on garage parking lot. Collected contents include elemental mercury and contaminated debris. Mercury vapor analysis localized remaining contamination to the asphalt to concrete joint bordering the garage. Private removal contractors used a metal scrape and mercury vacuum to remove debris and the area was re-screened. Several ounces of elemental mercury were spilled in a residential garage parking lot. Private removal contractors extracted all sediment from the storm drain nearest to the spill location.Post sediment removal screening levels were below recommended ATSDR clean-up levels. NRCES removes trash from a garbage bin, while a START contractor screens each bag with a mercury vapor analyzer. NRCES uses a mercury vacuum to suction dust generated from an asphalt scoring saw while a START contractor monitors emissions from the mercury vacuum and monitors ambient mercury vapor levels A section of asphalt in front of garage #611 that has been scored and partly removed.